以《指环王》为例探析事件结构隐喻

An Analysis of Event-structure Metaphor with The Lord of the Rings as a Case Study

事件结构隐喻是概念隐喻理论的一个分支。它是用隐喻的方法来描述事件结构的各个方面,即状态、变化、过程和原因等,具有物体和位置双重性。《指环王》这部小说涉及大量的物体类事件结构隐喻,本文在概念隐喻理论和概念整合理论基础上,对戒指的物体类事件结构隐喻进行逐层剖析。

Event-structure metaphor is a branch of conceptual metaphor. It is to describe all the aspects of the event structure which are state, changes, process, causes, etc. through a metaphorical method. Event-structure metaphor has two systems which are object dual and location Dual. The novel The Lord of the Rings involves a great number of object event-structure metaphors, especially in the description of the ring. Based on the conceptual metaphor theory and the blending theory, this paper explores how event- structure metaphors of the ring are built and developed.